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(of the Malleus), a. long delicate proce that pa es from the neck of the malleus outward to the Glaserian fi ure, to which it is connected by cartilaginous and ligamentous fibers. P., Malar, a triangular eminence of the superior maxilla b}T which it articulates with the malar bone. P., Mammillary, one of the tubercles on the posterior part of the superior articular proce es of the lumbar vertebrae. P., Mastoid. See Mastoid. P., Maxillary, a thin plate of bone descending from the ethmoid proce of the inferior turbinated bone, and hooking over the lower edge of the orifice of the antrum. P., ch606.xhtml n 524